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Definition of Offshoot
1. Noun. A natural consequence of development.
Generic synonyms: Consequence, Effect, Event, Issue, Outcome, Result, Upshot
Definition of Offshoot
1. n. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree.
Definition of Offshoot
1. Noun. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Offshoot
1. a lateral shoot from a main stem [n -S]
Medical Definition of Offshoot
1. That which shoots off or separates from a main stem, channel, family, race, etc.; as, the offshoots of a tree. Origin: Off + shoot. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Offshoot
Literary usage of Offshoot
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1889)
"•ward III, possibly an offshoot of the Yorkshire family of the same name, was
born on 8 March 1738-9, in the neighbourhood of London, his father being an ..."
2. Roman Law in the Modern World by Charles Phineas Sherman (1917)
"MODERN INTERNATIONAL LAW, —AN offshoot OF ROMAN LAW International law not founded
by Grotius: existence of a §272 system of international law in ancient ..."
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